Cuspidor.



PATENTED JULY 31, 1906- W. C. KIRK.

UUSPIDOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1900.

WEBSTER C. KIRK, OF INGRAM, PENNSYLVANIA.

CUSPIDOR- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1906.

Application filed March 20, 1906. Serial No. 306.988.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WEBSTER C. KIRK, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Ingram, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCuspidors, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incuspidors; and the invention has for its primary object provision ofnovel means'in connection with a cuspidor for retaining the contentsthereof within the cuspidor should the same be accidentally tilted orupset.

Another object of this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensivecuspidor which will present a neat and attractive appearance byshielding the contents thereof.

Briefly described, my improved cuspidor comprises a receptacle u onwhich is detachably mounted a funnel-s aped lid or cap having a centraldepending spout extending within close proximity to the bottom of thereceptacle.

The above construction will be hereinafter more fully described and thenspecifically claimed, and, referrin to the drawings accompanying thisapp ication, like numerals of reference designate corresponding partsthroughout both views of the drawings, in which Figure l is a sideelevation of my improved cuspidor, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalView of the same.

To put my invention into practice, I con struct my improved cuspidor ofa receptacle 1, having tapering side walls 2 2, the upper edges of whichare vertically disposed, as at 3, and provided with screw-threads 4. Thebottom 5 of the receptacle is preferably of a greater thickness than thesides thereof to assist in maintaining the receptacle in an uprightposition and prevent it from being easily tilted or upset.

Detachably mounted upon said receptacle is a funnel-shaped ca 6, havinga depending annular flange provided with interior screwthreads 7,adapted to engage the screwthreads 4 of the receptacle 1. Thefunneltents of the rece tacle from passing out of a the cuspidor shou dthe same he accidentally tilted or upset The formation of the centraldepending spout 8 provides an annular compartment 10, having for itsbottom the funnel-shaped cap 6, when the cuspidor is inverted, thusforming a receptacle for the con tents of the cuspidor until thecuspidor is again placed in its proper position.

My improved cuspidor is constructed of strong and durable metal, whichmay be nickel-plated or suitably finished to present a neat andattractive appearance.

Such changes in the construction of the cuspidor as-are permissible fromthe a pended claim may be resorted to without eparting from the spiritor scopeof the invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is I As an article ofmanufacture, a metallic cuspidor embodying a receptacle or bowl, theside walls of which taper outwardly from the bottom to a point near thetop and from said point to the top extend vertically, said verticalportion of the walls being provided with screw-threads, and the bottomof said receptacle or bowl being of greater thickness than the sidewalls thereof, a funnel-shaped cap for said receptacle or bowl havingits rim resting on the rim of the receptacle or bowl and provided withan overhanging annular flange having interior screw-threads engaging thethreads of the bowl, and a central depending spout integral with thefunnelshaped cap and having a contracted lower end terminating in closeproximity to the bottom of the bowl substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

WEBSTER O. KIRK.

Witnesses:

E. E. POTTER, II. C. EVERT.

